Kyle M. Brown, senior health policy adviser to Gov. John Hickenlooper, has been named to the board of directors of Connect for Health Colorado, which oversees the state’s health insurance marketplace, to serve as one of three non-voting members.

Brown advises the governor on matters related to health and human services. He earlier worked as special projects coordinator at the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, helping to implement the Affordable Care Act and provide health care for people in the criminal justice system.

Brown replaced David Padrino, who also serves on the governor’s staff. The board has nine voting members and three non-voting members appointed by leaders of both parties in the state legislature and by the governor.

Kevin Simpson has covered a wide variety of topics at The Denver Post while working as a sports writer, metro columnist and general assignment reporter with a focus on long-form pieces. A graduate of the University of Missouri, he arrived in Colorado in 1979 and spent five years covering sports at the Rocky Mountain News before joining The Post.

Colorado Department of Transportation employees resorted to pen and paper on Wednesday after nasty ransomware hijacked computer files and demanded payment in bitcoin for their safe return. Security officials didn’t flinch and shut down more than 2,000 employee computers while they investigated the attack.